Inoa | Name(s)
Pelehonuamea, Pele
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He akua wahine ʻo Pele ma Hawaiʻi. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo “ka wahine ʻai honua”, “ka wahine o ka lua”, “ ka wahine malihini,” a me “ka wahine o ka ʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo.”
He nui nā moʻokūauhau i ʻōlelo ʻia no Pele. No kekahi, he keiki ʻo ia na Papa lāua ʻo Wākea. No kekahi aku, na Haumea lāua ʻo Kūwahaʻilo. A no kekahi hou aku, na Kahinaliʻi lāua ʻo Kānehoalani ʻo ia. Wahi a Pūkuʻi, hānau ʻia ʻo Pele he ahi ma ka waha o Haumea.
Kaulana hoʻi ko Pele ‘ohana akua. ‘O nā kaikuaʻana a kaikaina hoʻi ona, ʻo ia ‘o Hi’iakaikapoliopele, Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, a me Nāmakaokahaʻi. ʻO kona mau kaikunāne ʻo Kamohoaliʻi a me Lonomakua.
No Kahiki mai ʻo ia a noho ʻo Pele ma Halemaʻumaʻu ma ka lua pele ʻo Kīlauea, ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. He mau kinolau kona pili i ka lua pele. A he hoʻokupu kūpono ka ʻōhelo nona.
Description
Pele is a Hawaiian goddess. She is called “earth-eating woman,” “woman of the pit,” “foreign woman,” and “woman of the white garment.”
Many genealogies for Pele are told. For some, she is the child of Papa and Wākea. For others, she is of Haumea and Kūwahaʻilo. And for others yet, she is the child of Kahinaliʻi Kānehoalani. Pukuʻi says that Pele was born as a flame from the mouth of Haumea.
Pele’s divine family members are also famous. Her sisters are Hi’iakaikapoliopele, Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, and Nāmakaokahaʻi. Her brothers are Kamohoaliʻi and Lonomakua.
Pele came from Kahiki and usually resides at Halemaʻumaʻu at Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi island. She has several kinolau associated with volcanoes. An appropriate offering for her is the ʻōhelo berry.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Pele, ka wahine e noho ana ma ka lua o Kīlauea ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. ʻOiai ma ka noʻonoʻo Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i ka pele mai ka lua me ke akua ʻO Pele, e like ana nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka pele o Hawaiʻi a o ka hapanui o ka manawa, pili kēia huaʻōlelo i nā kumuwaiwai e pili ana i ka hū ʻana mai o ka pele ma waho wale o nā moʻolelo kaʻao no Pele. Eia nō naʻe, inā, ʻaʻole o nā lua pele o Hawaiʻi ka pōʻaiapili o ke kumuwaiwai, ʻaʻole pili ke akua ʻo Pele i ia kumuwaiwai ponoʻī. Mai koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i nā lua pele o waho o Hawaiʻi.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the akua Pele whose home is at Kīlauea on the island of Hawaiʻi. Do not use this term for resources relating to volcanoes outside of the Hawaiʻi landscape.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Hiʻiakaikapoliopele1; Kapōʻulakīnaʻu; Kamohoaliʻi; Nāmakaokahaʻi; Lonomakua5
Makua | Parent: Papa3; Haumea; Wākea; Kanehoalani5
ʻĀina | Land/sea: Kīlauea; Lēʻahi,; Haleakalā; Āliamanu; Āliapaʻakai; Nāiwiopele; Kahikinui; Puʻuopele; Kauaʻi; Hanakaʻieʻie; Nuʻumealani
Hana | Practice: Hula2 ; Heʻe hōlua4
Kinolau | Form: Pele; Ahi5; Lua ahi; Luahine; ʻŌhiʻa lehua
ʻAha | Ceremony: Hoʻokupu4; Puaʻa hiwa
Hanana | Event
Hau2; Kēhaupaʻa; Lā
Kūmole | Source(s)
(1) Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
(2) Fornander, Abraham, and Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum. Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore : The Hawaiian Account of the Formation of Their Islands and Origin of Their Race, with the Traditions of Their Migrations, Etc., as Gathered from Original Sources. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Short Stack of Native Books, 2021.
(3) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu. Rutland, VT. ; Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1991.
(4) Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake). Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of the Pacific, 2003.
(5) Kaopio, Matthew. Hawaiian Family Legends. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Pub., 2003.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Ka moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele : ka wahine i ka hikina a ka lā, ka uʻi palekoki uila o Halemaʻumaʻu; Princess Ruth intercedes with Pele and saves the town of Hilo (book chapter); Pele’s appeal : moʻolelo, kaona, and hulihia in “Pele and Hiʻiaka” literature (1860-1928); Pele and the snow goddess; The Pele legend in authentic Hawaiian chants; Pele, volcano goddess of Hawai’i : a history; The Pele literature : an annotated bibliography of the English-language literature on Pele, volcano goddess of Hawai’i; Genealogy of the Pele Family (book chapter)
Mea haku | Created by: Puaokamele Dizon
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Annemarie Paikai